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Lessons for the young
Epigrams for adolescents
The countercultural island within conservative Hungary
A dispatch from Sziget Festival
Bromides of the expert class
Question intellectual authority
Biden the populist
Why are so many rightwingers plastic populists?
The right way to mark this Afghan war anniversary
It really didn’t have to turn out this way
Music to die for
The elegant narrative solution of suicide has had no greater cheerleader than opera
Reason’s misrule
The revival of Jerusalem reminds us of a still-forgotten England
Alban Berg: Violin concerto &c. (Chandos)
A stunning marriage of the tragic and the erotic
Let’s get teleological
Another way to look at morality and law
A Yiddish colossus
Isaac Bashevis Singer would never have submitted to today’s ideological edicts
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
